How to choose art for your home?
- 1. GRAND DESIGNS LIVE Creating an exciting interior with art: Tips & tricks to finish your home in style
- 2. Boggling Choice Opaque Intimidating
- 3. People Need a Trusted Guide
- 4. What About the Rest of Us?
- 5. The biggest Art Retailer Globally… Selling cheap posters and canvas prints
- 6. Buyers Guide To Art
- 7. Why Buy Art? Aesthetics & Design Investment Support Young Artists Ego?
- 8. Myth: Real art is too expensive
- 9. What Type of Art to Buy? Paintings Sculpture Prints & Multiples
- 11. When assessing Art Created by the artist Signed, Numbered if edition Look out for: Fancy Jargon, Canvas Wrap, repro Pricing & Discounts
- 12. FRAMING - Always Use Archival Materials - Avoid Dry Mounting - Keep it Simple - Non Reflective Glazing? - Avoid cheap diffusion - TVAR – Tru Vue Optium Acrylic - Glass vs. Acrylic - Not framing immediately? Store Flat
- 13. Window Mounting - Elegant look for abstract & figurative works - Useful to fill a larger space - Tends to be more pricy than other options
- 14. Floating - Great for works with hand torn, rough edges - With acid free tape provides a floating / rippling effect - Can slip with age
- 15. Box Frame - Provides depth - Great for works with borders and sharp edges - Spacer holds works in place
- 16. Hanging Your Art 150cm to the center of work Hanging from String vs. D-Rings Consider Lighting in Room
- 19. Make A Statement
- 22. Displaying Art: Small works make a big impact
- 28. Robert Hind
- 29. Gina Soden
- 31. Mat Cahill
- 32. Try-Before-You-Buy – Art Rentals
- 33. Art For Care
- 34. Thank You! Scott Phillips ask@riseart.com - Use GDL in Subject Twitter: @smp
Editor's Notes
- #20: Bruce McLean silkscreen painting from Rise Art is displayed at Avenue restaurant at St James’s http://uk.pinterest.com/riseart/office-decor/